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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (TADAWUL:8100), which rose 9.85% or 1.16 points to trade at 12.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Astra Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1212) added 3.78% or 1.80 points to end at 49.40 and The Saudi British Bank (TADAWUL:1060) was up 3.66% or 1.30 points to 36.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tourism Enterprise Co. (TADAWUL:4170), which fell 7.42% or 1.70 points to trade at 21.20 at the close. Nahdi Medical Co (TADAWUL:4164) declined 5.52% or 9.60 points to end at 164.40 and Saudi Tadawul Group Holding Co (TADAWUL:1111) was down 4.57% or 7.20 points to 150.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 142 to 95 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tourism Enterprise Co. (TADAWUL:4170) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.42% or 1.70 to 21.20.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.89% or 2.08 to $74.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.46% or 1.13 to hit $78.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.85 to trade at $1,800.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.18% to 3.96, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 105.01.
